Sceptile-EX 84/98 · Ancient Origins

Sceptile is Pokédex #254, generation 3 (Hoenn). Sceptile-EX is a Basic EX Grass Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Sceptile-EX, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

Sceptile-EX sits at 84/98 in Ancient Origins, position 85 of 101. Before it is 83 Flash Energy, and after it is 85 M Sceptile-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 12 August 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Sleep Poison lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Unseen Claw is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 70 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Sceptile 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Sceptile, while this one is Sceptile-EX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ancient Origins set binder is where a full Ancient Origins set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sceptile can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Hoenn starters and Nap time. I still need this card.